Management of Sports Events

Organization and Management of Sports Events

• Management involves tasks and responsibilities to achieve objectives using cooperation. Harmonious effort from team members is needed to meet the target objective.

Importance of Management

• Management helps individuals achieve their goals.
• Management provides guidance using the collaborative strengths of people.
• Management defines group development, efficiency, and goal accomplishment.
• Management ensures members are content, cooperative, and productive.

Importance of Management in Sports Events

• Management provides understanding and value to the essential ideas of a field's discipline.
• Understanding management helps individuals consider careers in the field.
• Sports management skills in physical educators improve performance.
• Management is essential for collaborative effort.
• Management facilitates continuity.
• Management skills foster good human relations.

Functions of Management

• Planning program strategies to achieve desired outcomes, including forecasting, developing objectives, budgeting, and formulating procedures.
• Organizing creates a group structure with defined work scope for each member. This involves developing the organizational structure.
• Staffing includes recruitment, selection, and retention of members. Appropriate assignments, training, and development are also part of this function.
• Leading motivates and empowers individuals to carry out the program by decision-making, communication, and enhancing individual performance. Controlling assures proper plan execution within organizational goals; it involves monitoring, assessment, evaluation, feedback, and reframing or rewarding.

Qualities of a Good Leader

• Administrative mind - objectively evaluates circumstances.
• Integrity - trustworthy, truthful, genuine, and committed to words.
• Healthy and fit - for uninterrupted flow in demanding jobs
• Ready to take responsibility - accountable for tasks and personnel handling.
• Awareness of work - knowledge of specific organizational field.
• Intellectual capacity - competitive thinking, logical reasoning, and knowledge application.

Roles and Responsibilities of Tournament Officials

• Enforce rules and regulations, ensuring a safe and orderly game. Prevent conflicts between players and teams. Check uniforms and equipment compliance. Address safety issues and penalties/ejections.
• Manage time and the field/facility.
• Communicate rules and regulations to coaches and players.

Types of Officiating

• Officiating is categorized as outside or professional officiating and self-officiating.
• Outside officiating uses external officials hired or volunteered by organizers. These officials manage rules and conduct.
• Self-officiating occurs when no outside officials exist; players run the games, which may not be as effective as outside officiating (e.g. pickup games).

Kinds of Officials

• Court or field officials operate within the playing area; they call violations and penalties.
• Table officials manage time and scores, reviewing games, and recording statistics.

Bases of Good Sports Officiating

• Ability- talent and competency for the job.
• Preparation - method of getting ahead of time.
• Experience- acquired knowledge and capabilities from previous involvements in actual events.

Qualities of a Good Official

• Confidence - self-assured in abilities, remaining in control despite challenges.
• Consistency- calls violations and rulings equally for all teams in similar situations.
• Decisiveness - quick and accurate decisions based on observed gameplay.
• Enjoyment/Motivation - positive attitude and energy, leading to motivation.
• Integrity - decides games honestly and impartially, regardless of external factors.
• Judgment - deep knowledge of rules and regulations of the sport.
• Poise - unafraid, calm, and composed in stressful situations.
• Rapport - builds relationships by being respectful to players and coaches; expects the same in return.